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美: [edʒ]
英: [eɪdʒ]
n. 年龄；时代；寿命，使用年限；阶段
vi. 成熟；变老
vt. 使成熟；使变老，使上年纪
n. (Age)人名；(瑞典)阿格；(日)扬 (姓)；(西、荷)阿赫
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age 指一个人或事物的存在时间，通常用来表示年纪或某个特定时期的持续时间。词源分析：age 源自拉丁词“aetas”，意为“年龄、时期”。它的构成部分包括前缀“a-”表示“在…之上”，和根词“et”表示“时间”。
历史背景：该词首次出现在古英语时期（约公元450-1150年），最早的书面记录可以追溯到《贝奥武夫》中，描写人类生活和历史的不同阶段。
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特殊场合：
She is at the age where she is starting to think about her future.
The age of the universe is estimated to be around 13.8 billion years.
He was too young to understand the significance of his age.
The legal age for drinking alcohol in the United States is 21.
As we age, our bodies undergo various changes.
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age的老年相对。音标记忆法：age的发音为 /eɪdʒ/。可以通过反复朗读和使用音节拆分（如“a” + “ge”）来加深记忆。
词根记忆法：理解其拉丁根源“aetas”可以帮助记忆其与时间和年龄相关的基本含义。
以上各点构成了对英文单词 age 的全面分析，有助于理解其用法及其在不同语境中的意义。
[N-VAR] Your age is the number of years that you have lived. (人的) 年龄
例：She has a nephew who is just ten years of age.她有个才满10岁的侄子。
例：At the age of sixteen he qualified for a place at the University of North Carolina.16岁时他取得了北卡罗来纳大学的入学资格。
[N-VAR] The age of a thing is the number of years since it was made. (物的) 年代
例：Everything in the room looks in keeping with the age of the building.该房间里的一切看起来都和该楼的年代相符。
[N-UNCOUNT] Age is the state of being old or the process of becoming older. 年长; 成长
例：Perhaps he has grown wiser with age.或许他已经随着年龄的增长变得更睿智了。
例：This cologne, like wine, improves with age.这种科隆香水像葡萄酒一样越陈越香。
[V-T/V-I] When someone ages, or when something ages them, they seem much older and less strong or less alert. 使显老; 显老
例：He had always looked so young, but he seemed to have aged in the last few months.他曾一直显得很年轻，但是在过去的几个月里他似乎显得老了。
[N-COUNT] An age is a period in history. 时代
例：...the age of steam and steel.…蒸汽与钢铁时代。
[[非正式]] You can say an age or ages to mean a very long time. 很长时间
例：He waited what seemed an age.他等了似乎很长时间。